July 2019
“A multi-use stage, the centerpiece of the developing Arts Plaza project, is taking shape physically and financially thanks to a $245,000 gift from the Leonard C. and Mildred F. Ferguson Foundation.”
Journal Standard: Freeport Art Museum accepts $245K gift for plaza project / Read Full Article
April 2019
“…what we can do and what we will do is provide the community with a public space that utilizes the arts to inspire residents and visitors alike to enjoy our downtown in new ways,” Jessica Modica, the Freeport Art Museum executive director, said before the ceremonial groundbreaking.”
Journal Standard: Freeport leaders break ground on downtown arts plaza / Read Full Article
December 2017
“On a cold and blustery day, Freeport Art Museum executive director Jessica Modica shows off a bare grassy field on the north side of Freeport’s historic downtown. She says this will, one day, all be part of a cultural campus.”
WNIJ: Arts Plaza Is Within Sight For Freeport City, Museum Officials / Read Full Article
June 2017
“The Freeport Art Museum won a $50,000 grant that will allow downtown leaders to start the first phase of a civic plaza next to the U.S. Post Office.”
Journal Standard: Freeport Art Museum wins national grant for civic plaza / Read Full Article
June 2016
“Imagine that the grassy space north of the U.S. Post Office downtown isn’t just grass. It’s pleasantly landscaped with a covered stage. It offers plenty of spaces to sit for concerts and other events, and blends in so well with the library, Debate Square and downtown atmosphere that visitors wouldn’t guess it was relatively new.”
Journal Standard: Downtown plaza could offer space for regular Freeport events / Read Full Article